Hideaki Anno

Japanese Animator, Filmmaker & Actor Best Known for "Neon Genesis Evangelion"

Kohei Nishiyama

Founder, CEO, Cuusoo System.

Shu Matsuo Post

DEI Advocate, Author & TED Speaker

Guntur V. Subbarao

Crop Physiologist, Plant Science & Agronomy

Kaname Hayashi

CEO & Founder of GROOVE X

Ali Izadi-Najafabadi

Head of Intelligent Mobility, Bloomberg

Kazuaki Hashida

Creative Director, Hakuhodo Kettle

Sarah Birke

Tokyo Bureau Chief

Richard Lloyd Parry

Asia Editor of The Times of London, Author, International Journalist

Kengo Kuma

Japanese Architect & Professor

Hideo Kojima

Japanese Video Game Designer, Screenwriter, Director, and Producer; Kojima Productions

Naoki Takazaki

Senior Managing Director of Renaissance

Kenya Hara

Japanese Designer & Author

Leza Lowitz

Author of "Up From the Sea"

Katsufumi Sato

Behavioral Ecologist

J. Berkshire Miller

Jonathan is an international affairs professional and public intellectual with expertise on East Asian issues. He has held a variety of positions in the private and public sector. Currently, he is an international affairs fellow with the Council on Forei

Katsuhiro Otomo

Japanese Manga Artist, Screenwriter & Director; Best Known for "Akira"

Yukinori Maeda

Shugo Tokumaru

Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalis

Maria Tsuruoka

Founder and CEO of Symax Inc.